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“Idiot” (title translated by AI)
Jan Faktor (born 1951)
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The life of a self-declared idiot, told by himself. In Prague he studies computer science but does not last long. After a memorable encounter with a 'Teutonic horde', which includes his future wife, he moves to East Berlin, dives into the underground scene of Prenzlauer Berg, starts a family and lives through the GDR's doctrines and the years after reunification. But a dark trace runs through all his memories: his son, who will take his own life at thirty-three, a death that turns everything upside down. A picaresque story of grief, full of jokes, that asks whether an idiot can find happiness.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 396 pages in the original
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Czechia, Germany
- First published
- 2022 by Kiepenheuer & Witsch
- Author's age
- 71 when first published
- ISBN
9783462000856 (original)
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